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Chapter One
BLACK SOLDIERS AND
DISCRIMINATION
he First and Second World Wars are recognized each year
in Canada. While retelling our country’s role in pivotal
Tbattles, the contributions of Black Canadians has been
untold and ignored.
Black soldiers did have roles in Canada’s earliest wars
including the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the
Rebellions of 1837-38. When British colonies rebelled in 1775,
the British promised freedom to Black slaves who fought
against the rebels. Some Black Loyalists chose to settle
in Canada.
Black Canadian soldiers in WWI.
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